POTTSTOWN — The Pottstown Penguins Midget Gold team took on three of the THL’s top teams last week.

The week started off on a high note as the visiting Penguins handed THL’s second place Wilkes-Barre Scranton Jr. Penguins a 7-4 loss at The Hill School. Dante Felice dished out four assists, while Benjamin Felice had one goal and two assists to lead Pottstown. Trevor Chesler scored two goals and had one assist, while Brandon Readinger also scored two goals and Sam Miller had two assists. Scott Jacoby and Eric Kuklentz each contributed one goal for Pottstown.

Pottstown then went to Reading to play the first-place Berks Bruins and were handed a 6-0 defeat. Pottstown was unable to take advantage of numerous power play chances.

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The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Midgets then visited Pottstown. With the two teams battling for position in the THL they played to a 3-3 draw. The Penguins jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Sam Miler and Ryan Hurlbrink. The Ed Snider Midgets battled back to make it 2-2 only to see Benjamin Felice score early in the third period to put Pottstown up by one. But the Penguins couldn’t hold on as the Snider Youth scored late to earn the tie.

WRESTLING

The Norchester Wildcats youth wrestling team competed in the Downingtown Thunder Duals at Downingtown West last Sunday, going 4-1 on the day to take second place overall with victories over Central Dauphin (53-24), Bensalem (61-22), Conestoga (56-34) and Downingtown (47-42). The Wildcats’ one loss was to West Chester (50-32) in the championship finals.

The Wildcats were led by the undefeated efforts of Mason Karkoska (5-0), with three pins and a technical fall at 48 pounds; Quinn Tobin (5-0, with two pins) at 72 pounds; Dan Mancini (5-0, with three pins) at 95 pounds, and Joey Milano (5-0, with five pins) at 86 pounds.

The Berks Ajax FC U17 Flying Dutchmen girls soccer team went 3-2 en route to a second-place finish last weekend at the Eastern Pa. Horizon Services Indoor State Cup at 422 Sportsplex.

The Flying Dutchmen opened group play with a 5-1 victory over the North Union United Venom and a 4-1 win over Wyoming Valley SC to secure a place in the semifinals before dropping a 1-0 decision to the Philadelphia SC Spurs in their final group play match.

Berks Ajax then knocked off Wyoming Valley for a second time, 2-0 in the semifinals to set up a rematch with Philadelphia SC, but the Flying Dutchmen couldn’t hold a late lead and fell, 4-3, to earn finalist honors.

GYMNASTICS

Silvia’s Gymnastics Levels 4-10 teams competed in the Janet Rothenberg Memorial Invitational hosted by United Sports Academy at Split Rock Lodge Resort in the Pocono Mountains last weekend. Teams from Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey participated.

Junior A: Marissa Leamy placed fourth on vault, first on bars, first on floor and first AA; Mackenzie Kelly placed second on bars, second on floor and AA; Rebekah Cornelius placed second on vault. Junior B: Abigail deFreese placed third on vault, second on bars, fifth on beam, second AA; Angelina DiSantis placed fourth on vault, fifth AA; Greta Freed placed fifth on vault. Junior C: Jenni Wilkinson placed third on vault, fourth on floor, fifth AA; Samantha Scherping placed third on beam; Katherine Clarkson placed sixth on beam and floor. Junior D: Miranda Barker placed first on vault, fifth on bars and floor, fourth AA; Lindsey Esquirell placed sixth on vault, fourth on bars, third on beam, second on floor, third AA.

Level 6 took second. Individual results:

Junior A: Sophia Bronico placed first on bars, beam and AA, fourth on vault and floor; Abby Royer placed second bars, beam and AA, third on vault, fifth on floor; Jordyn Santer placed second on vault, sixth on bars and AA; Kailey Ferri placed fourth on bars. Junior B: Riley Pickford placed fifth AA. Junior C: Carolyn Cooley placed first on vault, bars and AA, fourth on floor; Olivia Hurley placed second on beam and floor, sixth on bars. Junior D: Julia Leidelmeyer placed first on bars, second on vault, floor and AA; Kasey Ricci placed third on beam and AA, fourth on bars and floor; Brooke Hurley placed third on bars, fourth on beam and AA; Laura Baker placed second on bars, third on vault.

Junior A: Emily Holmes-Hackerd placed second on beam and AA, third on vault, fourth on bars. Junior B: Hailey Lui placed first on vault and bars, second on beam and AA, third on floor. Senior A: Grace Davis placed first on beam and AA, second on vault, third on bars, fourth on floor; Maia Mash placed second on bars and AA, third on vault; Samantha Oughton placed second on floor; Anna Keppel placed fifth on vault.

Level 9 took first. Individual results:

Junior A: Jessica Hutchinson finished first on floor, second on vault, third on bars and fourth AA; Stephanie Tripodi finished second on bars; Molly Martin finished fourth on beam; Carli Bingaman finished fourth on floor. Junior B: Paige Apperson finished first on vault, bars, and AA, fourth on beam; Maddison Rennix finished first on beam, third on floor. Senior A: Allison Smith placed second on vault, bars and AA, fourth on beam; Emily Loughery finished first on floor, third on beam, fourth on vault, fifth AA; Paige Beckley finished second on floor; Jennifer Wojcik finished fifth on beam. Senior B: Rachel Blair finished first on vault and beam, second AA, fourth on floor; Rebecca Dobson finished second on vault, third on floor and AA, fourth on bars; Amy Thomas finished second on beam, third on vault, fourth AA; Meredith Keppel finished first on floor, fourth on vault and beam.

CHEERLEADING

The Spring Valley Heat All-Star Cheerleading competed in York last weekend. Ten Spring Valley teams competed against other All-Star Cheer teams. The Spring Valley Tiny Embers went exhibition for this competition. The Mini Level 1 team took second place out of six teams. The Youth Level 1 team took fourth out of six teams while Youth Level 2 placed fifth, Youth Level 3 finished first, junior Level 2 was second out of five teams and Junior Level 3 got second place, with the first-place team beating them by .1 points. Senior Co-ed Level 3 took fourth out of six teams, Senior Co-ed Level 4.2 took first place out of two teams and Open Co-ed Level 6 took first place.

SWIMMING

The Pottstown Seahawks YMCA Boys Blue swim team ended their last dual meet on a high note with a 4-1 win over Ridley YMCA, ending the season with a 4-1 record.